Card-system filing device



Jan. 31, 1928.

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Application filed October 19, 1925. Serial No. (HAZE.

This invention relates to improvements in card system filing devices and the objects of the invention are to provide an index in which the title or number of each card will be visible without interfering with the cards and in which both faces of the card can be seen and have notations made thereon without removing the card.

Further objects are to provide a simply constructed and durable card-holding rack and drawer with which the cards can be readily manipulated individually or collectively and moved and reversed without in any way interfering with their mounting and whereby the construction is so simplified and improved that the different parts will more satisfactorily perform the functions required of them.

' With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention comprises a tray provided with runways and having adjustable end sections designed to move inwardly and out wardly respectively, a pluralityof pivotally mounted card-carrying members being adapted to travel in said runways. p

Referringnow to the drawings in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure,

Figure 1 isa perspective view of my 1mproved device as awhole,

Figure 2 is an end view showing the meansjfor lockingand unlocking one of the movable members, i

Figure 3'is asection on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, a a

Figure 4 is a vertical section through one of the card carrying members,

Figure 5 is a plan view of the device as a whole showing thehingedsection in lowered position, i

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 5, y

Figure 7 is a section on line 77 of Figure 5, showing the lock for the hinged section, a

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8----Fl of Figure 5, and

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the cardcarrying member with ddtted lines showing the card in posltlon thereon.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, '10 designates the body or tray portion of the device formed open at both ends and with sides 11 and 12 iii which are provided guideways 13, hereinafter more fully referred to. tray or container are slidably mounted an end section 14 and an end section 15, respectively. The end section 141 is adapted tobe drawn outwardly as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 3 and the end section 15 is designed to be moved inwardly to take up any waste space created by the paucity of cards in the tray 10.

Referring first to the section 14 designed to be drawn outwardly, the top 16 of same is preferably slanted from the front end, as illustrated in Figure 3, so that the cards 17 may be more readily accessible. The top wall of section 15 is similarly formed, the top surface of'both sections 14: and 15 being sloped or desk-shaped, as illustrated in Figures 3 and ti. A further feature of the section id is that it is slidably mounted in the tray 10 by means of a transversely extending rod 18 integral therewith and protruding therebeyond on each side to carry rollers 19 to engage with the guide-way or channels 13 As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, these guideways are provided with stop ears 19 adapted to engage with the rods and 31 on the tray being pulled out whereby the travel outwardly of the section 14 is limited as hereinafter explained to accommodate, in position is required, one of the cards 17 to be thus more conveniently written on. rear end section 15 is similarly mounted at the inner end, as at 9, on rollers 8 to the sec tion 1d and also provided at its outer end with rollers 'i, mounted on a cross rod 6, both the rollers 7 and 8 being designed to travel in the guideways 13, section 1 1. being designed to be projected outwardly and section 15 be- In the open ends of the The ing adapted to move inwardly and outward ly according to the number of cards in the tray. l

It should here be noted that the side wall 12 is provided with hinged section 20 and is of an even height throughout its length whereas the ends of the wall 11 conform to lUlJ these webs are rigidly secured, in any suitable manner, clips 25 of resilient material adapted to detachably hold, between them and the web portions 2%, the cards 17. The clips 25 are. here shown formed of a 7 length or section of spring wire, bent to conform substantially to the webs, and rigidly secured thereon at each end. The bulges or stops2tl in the web are adapted to limit the travel of the insertion and thus maintain an even height with respect to the cards already inserted.

For adding to or removing the members 22 acentral portion 20 of the side wall 12, is made in the form ofa separate member and is hinged at its lower edge to the outer edge of the tray bottom,- at 27 so that on being opened outwardly the members 22 can be readily removed or more inserted to travel in the runways 18, a suitable spring catch, such as illustrated in Figure 7 at 28, locking the hinged section in closed position.

Referring more particularly to Figure 8. it will be seen that on the hinged section 20 of the tray being swung open, see dotted lines, easy access is provided to the rollermounted card-carrying members 22, and that on said portion being swung back in normal position the closed runway or chanincl 13 is provided. in the case of the proje'ctablesection l4: and as illustrated in Figure 2, in order to hold said section in its inward position in the tray locking means are provided in the form of a rotatable handle 29 mounted at the center of the front endof the section to which are eccentrically connected the rods 30 and 31 guided in eyes 31 and adapted to engage and disengage with stop ears 19 on the ends of the sides of the container 10.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a plurality of. the, card-carrying members can her-stained in the tray and index cards 17 detachably mounted therein as required and that these cards can be so arranged that on one side is the name of the individual or firm concerned while the opposite or other face of the card is adapted for further detailed information. In normal position the cards will lie fiat with the front face exposed and onlythe name of the individual or firm concerned being visible. Then on further more confidential information being required the card is swung on the rollermounted member 22.

in. operation the entire device is adapted to be kept in a cabinet or the like in which form the outwardly adjustable end or section 14 is normally in the position illustrated in Figure 1 and, being of slantwise or desk formation at the top, fits beneath the cards while over the l'GiUHIOStcard extends the flap or cover member 32 pivotally mounted in the sides of the tray, the only portion of any olf the cards that visible being the lower end with the name of the individual thereon. On inforn'iation bein required about one o l' the individuals or firms noted thereon, the section 14; is first unlocked by rotating the handle 29 making it possible to readily withdraw an individual card :lorward to write upon. Then by inserting the linger atthe restricted portion 21 the mn'equircd cards are swung rearuuurdly out o if the way. Information concerning the lirm or individual is then visible. ll it is considerml necessary to make entries on the reverse side of the index card, the section ll: moved out *ardly as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 3 and the card is swung reurwardly until it lies flat upon the tray. in which position entries may be conveniently made thereon. After the entry is complete the card is swung back to position. The .--ection 14 is then pushed inwardly and the handle means 29 operated if required to lock it in normal posit-ion.

As previously explained. the member 15 is a snug fit in the casing but is movable inwardly when a small number or cards are required on the tray. As the aid-carrying members are added from time to time the member 15 is moved outwardly, keeping the cards in their proper spaced relationship until eventually the tray is filled with cards.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the present specification and accompanying drawings shall be interpreted in an illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a card index file, a fixed tray member provided with runways and end sections for the tray adjustably mounted in the run ways one of the ends being projectable out of the tray and the other end being adapted to move inwardly.

2. In a card filing device, a tray formed with sides having runways therein and with the ends open, and slidably mounted sections for closing said open ends.

3. A. device of the character described comprising a tray formed with runways and having end sections adapted to travel in said runways, a plurality of roller-mounted rods adapted to engage with said runways and means on said rods for detachably holding index cards or the like therein.

- a. The device as claimed in claim 3 in which the means for detachably holding the index cards comprise flaps or webs mounted ill) l (ll) lllii on the rods and having rigidly secured thereon spring clips and stop means on the flaps or webs for limiting the entrance of the cards into the clips.

5. An index card holder comprising a tray formed with runways, end sections for said tray slidably mounted on said runways, a plurality of card-carrying members including pivoting means and adapted to slidably engage with said runways and means formed in a side of the tray for inserting and removing the card-carrying members.

6. An index card holder comprising a tray formed with runways, end sections for said tray slidably mounted on said runways, a plurality of card-carrying members including pivoting means and adapted to slidably engage with said runways and means communicating with the runways for removing and inserting the card-carrying members.

7 A device as claimed in claim 5 in which the means in the tray side for removing the card-carrying members comprise a hmged section adapted, in normal position, to form a closed runway and in open position to permit access to said runway.

8. A card-holding tray comprising, in combination with a pin ality of cardcarrying members including pivoting means of a tray or container provided with runways to engage with said members and adjustable end sections designed, to hold index cards in packed position, or to be moved apart to permit the cards to be separated.

9. A device of the character described comprising in combination, a tray portion provided with movable end sections and adapted intermediately to operatively carry a plurality of card-carrying members, stops on the sides of the tray portion for limiting the travel of one of the end sections and means carried by said section adapted to engage and disengage with said stops.

10. In a device of the character described, a tray provided with a projectable end section and a contractible end section, and including sides formed with guideways for said sections. 7

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

TERRIL GERARD LEWIS. 

